Prescription Drug Abuse Persists in Ohio

Published March 8, 2013

Prescription drug abuse persists in Ohio

Filed under: prescription drug abuse help

Coshocton Hospital's Emergency Department is on alert for prescription medicine abuse, said Mary Ellen Given, the hospital's marketing consultant. “We try to recognize people that are coming in for pain medication and not necessarily for medical …
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Rockefeller backs drug treatment bill

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"I've heard from West Virginians who want treatment for themselves or their loved ones and can't get it – like the grandmother whose only option for her addicted grandson was incarceration. In the midst of such an overwhelming prescription drug abuse …
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Rep. Cook introduces bill to help prevent prescription drug abuse

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“This bill will continue the fight on abuse of prescription drugs and at the same time, save lives,” said Cook in a statement. “This change prohibiting substitutions to a non-tamper resistant pill will in fact, help eliminate the abuse of medications …
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Portman aide will help implement law to combat prescription drug abuse – Chillicothe Gazette http://t.co/8d6KiXE30y #prescription #abuse – by november1738 (Black September)